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{in the genes}

Lauren — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:14:14 +0000

Hey ya’ll! I’m back! We made it through May + June, {by the way, WHERE did June go???} and we have SO much in the works! Sorry for the little blogging hiatus, but I am SO excited to tell you all that I was gone for good reason- Michael + I have begun the long awaited and anticipated process of our awesome new rebrand and super awesome new blog! The genius duo behind this transition is Ross + Jenny from Flosites, and I cannot WAIT for the big reveal in the upcoming weeks!! So bear with me ya’ll, I may not be blogging as often in the next few weeks because there will be lots of technical stuff and construction going on. Lots of fun posts will be posted on the new blog when it debuts!

Onward! A few weeks back, I had the absolute JOY of hanging out with the Ramey family on our {still} beautiful Destin beach {yes folks, they are still gorgeous, no tar here!} This whole family is absolutely adorable and a pants-dropping hoot to hang out with {more on that later } But even more that I can say about this family is that they are totally devoted to each other, completely beautiful souls inside and out. All I can think is, it must be in the genes.

And right about now is when things went all sorts of weird. I had been told that the guys were all wearing speedos and that we had to take a shot of that. Done and done! You guys crack me up.

Protected: {alia}

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Lauren — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:43:02 +0000

{cassie + andrew}

Lauren — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:38:33 +0000

Can I just say how much we love Cassie + Andrew of Olimb Photography?

I am so happy that we have found new friends who just “happen to be photographers”. (inside joke haha!)
Cassie + Andrew came to spend the weekend with us a couple weeks ago, and of course, we had to go have a photoshoot!

Thanks ya’ll for being our friends, we are so excited and look forward to many more great times with you! Love you!!

Love this opening shot that *GASP* Michael took! Yes, i’m opening the post with a “Michael shot”. Love you babe, you’re awesome.

We found this field a few blocks from our house, and I knew I had to use it eventually. What better day than to? Cassie asked me how many times we frequently trespassed on property… I plead the 5th.

Hey! Don’t judge! we were going to shoot in a field across the street with peoples cows!!

Horsey.

Love love.

So this one is kind of a happy accident. We had some insane backlighting and really harsh sun, so I was setting up the flash unit. I had set up the shot where Cassie was going to be pulling out the “Dirty Dancing” (love that movie!) shot where she runs and Andrew lifts her up. Buuut she ran before I was ready so I just started shooting HAHA! I actually love the silhouette more.

Yep, this was pretty much them the whole time. Ridiculously cute. Yep.

{WARNING} FAVORITE #1 ALERT STRAIGHT AHEAD!

I have a few favorites, and this is a close runnerup. Bring it OW OW!!!!

Hehe.

Ok so this is my ABSOLUTE favorite from the whole day. We found these really cool abandoned cement drainage tubes and of course, we had to pull a U-ie! They were really nasty and we were threatened by some formidable looking bugs. However they were no match for our awesomeness!

We HEART Cassie + Andrew!!! Miss you friends!!

{growing up evie.}

Lauren — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:06:53 +0000

“I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”

Psalm 139:14

I have been following this child since before she was born. Literally. Last Sunday, Michael + I were privileged to visit and photograph the growing Mallard brood! Blake + Kiley have been great friends of ours for awhile, and when we walked in the front door of their beautiful new home, I had to stop for a moment and take a breath. There, lining the walls of the front foyer, were all the photos that I had taken of Kiley when she was pregnant, and Evie when she was 10 days old.

Let me tell you, there is no greater joy or honor for me than being able to document important parts of people’s lives- not simply for being able to put your name on a piece of art; but to be able to connect with people on a personal level.

Let’s go back for a minute.

One of my favorite images from when Blake + Kiley were expecting:

And Evie at 10 days old (how TINY is she?!):

And here is Evie now at 1 year old!

Such a happy baby!!

Reminds me of “Finding Nemo”.

BUBBLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meet Calvin.

I love Calvin. Calvin has blue eyes.

Their pride and joy I love this one.

If this doesn’t melt your heart, I don’t know what would.

More bubbles and some yummy light.

And just to make your day…

Thanks ya’ll! We love ya and can’t wait for more!

Lauren + Mike

{bah. hum. pug.}

Lauren — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:16:37 +0000

Bailey’s thoughts exactly when she realized that she was going to have to actually leave the comfort of the air conditioned car to run up and down city streets and be assaulted by giant pink bubbles.

Saturday was a gorgeous day and was perfect weather for Sarah+Paul’s loveshoot. The fabulous duo Cassie + Andrew Olimb came to hang out and spend the weekend with us (stay tuned for their loveshoot!) and we had so much fun running around downtown Quincy with Sarah + Paul, getting lost in some sketchy parts of town (ok not so much- at one point I was thinking we were going to have to board up the windows of the car!) rolling down hills, and getting our “mexi-stache” on.

Ok I HAD to post this one. Poor Bailey, she was terrified. But, I nearly fell over laughing whenI ran across this one while making the picks for this blog.

Hello, favorite.

Funny story: We were trying to find a swingset. You would think that this would be easy, right? Well, after 30 minutes of searching, we decided to stop and ask someone where we could find one. We got the directions and went on our merry way. When we arrived, it was a day care with miniature swings and slides.

Um… no.

So we finally found someone who directed us to a local elementary school!

Ladies and gentlemen- I give you… the mexistaches!

Keep scrolling to feel like a kid again.

Ms. Cassie being stealth.

Where’s Waldo? Hehe.

Sarah + Paul (+ Bailey too!), we adore you guys. Thank you so much for hanging out with us! I hope we get to do it more often!

{ducks and mallards}

Lauren — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:35:11 +0000

Sunday Michael + I had the extreme privilege to photograph the growing Mallard family. Well, I did most of the photographing, Michael was on “bubble duty” (more on this later! )
For now, enjoy the sneak peek!

FAVORITE!

{double double bonjourno and bubbles}

Lauren — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:31:34 +0000

I am beyond excited to show ya’ll what it coming up with these shoots, but for now, you will just have to settle for a little sneak peek!

I know you are all wondering what is up with the title of this post, but that story will be in the whole post coming up in the next week!

First up is our amazing new friends Cassie + Andrew of Olimb Photography, who came to hang out with us this weekend. Cassie + Andrew are fabulous, hysterical people who share the same love the Lord and we are just so grateful to have found another couple that Michael + I relate to so well. We adore you guys and can’t wait for our upcoming shenanigans!

While Cassie + Andrew were here, we tag teamed it up for Sarah + Paul’s loveshoot. Sarah and I work together and I am so glad to have found such an awesome friend as Sarah. Sarah + Paul are [thisclose] to being engaged and I know that sometime in the near future Sarah is going to be waving a big ‘ole diamond ring around!

They kept us laughing the whole time- this shoot was SO much fun and I can’t wait to show you the whole post!